Central Obesity Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer Irrespective Of Menopausal And Hormonal Receptor Status In Women Of South Asian Ethnicity
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Original Research
Central obesity increases risk of breast cancer irrespective
of menopausal and hormonal receptor status in women of South Asian
Ethnicity
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European Journal of Cancer 66 (2016) 153e16Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirectjournal homepage: www.ejcancer.com
Original Research
Central obesity increases risk of breast cancer irrespective of menopausal and hormonal receptor status in women of South Asian Ethnicity
R. Nagrani a, S. Mhatre a, P. Rajaraman b, I. Soerjomataram c, P. Boffetta d, S. Gupta e, V. Parmar f, R. Badwe f, R. Dikshit a,*
a Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, 400 012, India
b Center for Global Health, U.S. National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical
Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20892-9760, USA c Section of Cancer
Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours
Albert Thomas, 69372, Lyon CEDEX, France
d Institute For Translational Epidemiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1
Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA e Advanced Centre
for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Navi Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400 012, India
f Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 012, India
Received 7 July 2016; accepted 21 July 2016
Abstract Background: Current evidence suggests that the relationship
between obesity and breast cancer (BC) risk may vary between ethnic
groups.
Methods: A total of 1633 BC cases and 1504 controls were enrolled in
hospital-based case econtrol study in Mumbai, India, from 2009 to 2013.
Along with detailed questionnaire, we collected anthropometric
measurements on all participants. We used unconditional logistic
regression models to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence
interval (CI) for BC risk associated with anthropometry measurements,
stratified on tumour subtype and menopausal status.
Results: Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of !0.95 was strongly associated with risk of BC compared to WHR 0.84 in both premenopausal (OR Z 4.3; 95% CI: 2.9e6.3) and postmen- opausal women (OR Z 3.4; 95% CI: 2.4e4.8) after adjustment for body mass index (BMI). Premenopausal women with a BMI !30 were at lower risk compared to women with normal BMI (OR Z 0.5; 95% CI: 0.4e0.8). A similar protective effect was observed in women who were postmenopausal for <10 years (OR Z 0.6; 95% CI: 0.4e0.9) but not in women who were postmenopausal for !10 years (OR Z 1.8; 95% CI: 1.1e3.3). Overweight and obese women (BMI: 25e29.9 and ! 30 kg/m2, respectively) were at increased BC risk irrespective of
* Corresponding author: Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Tata Memorial Centre, E. Borges Road, Parel Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 012, India. E-mail address: [email protected] (R. Dikshit).
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KEYWORDS
Breast cancer; Central obesity; Menopausal status; Hormone receptor status;